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bǽg

(n.)

a collar

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a collar Wearm lim gebundenne bǽg hwílum bersteþ the warm limb sometimes escapes from the bound collar, Exon. 102b; Th. 387, 20; Rä. 5, 8

bǽh

(n.)

a crown

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a crown,Ælflædæ Test

BǼL

(n.)
Grammar
BǼL, es; n.

fireflameignisflammathe fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burneda funeral pileroguspyra

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fire, flame; ignis, flamma Hæfde landwara líge befangen, bǽle and bronde he had enveloped the inhabitants of the land with flame, with fire and brand, Beo. Th. 4633; B. 2322: 4606; B. 2308. Bǽles cwealm in helle the torment of the fire in hell, Andr.

Linked entries: beel bell

bǽl-blys

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-blys, e; f.

Blaze of a fireflammæ ardor

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Blaze of a fire; flammæ ardor, Cd. 184; Th. 230, 12; Dan. 232: 162; Th. 203, 9; Exod. 401

bǽl-egsa

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-egsa, an; m.

Terror of flame?flammæ terror?

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Terror of flame? flammæ terror? Bǽlegsan [bell egsan MS.] hweóp he threatened with terror of flame, Cd. 148; Th. 185, 12; Exod. 121

bǽl-stede

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-stede, es ; m.

A funeral pile placerogi locus

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A funeral pile place; rogi locus, Beo. Th. 6185; B. 3097

bear-swinig

(adj.)
Grammar
bear-swinig, adj.

openly wickeda publican

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openly wicked, a publican, Lk. Rush. War. 3, 12 : 15, 1

béce

(n.)
Grammar
béce, bǽce, beóce, an; f.

A beech-treea tree bearing mastfagusæsculus

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A beech-tree, a tree bearing mast; fagus, æsculus Béce fagus, Wrt. Voc. 285, 21

Linked entries: bǽce beóce

bán-rift

(n.)
Grammar
bán-rift, bán-ryft; pl. n.

Bone coveringsgreavestibialiaossium velamenocreæ

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Bone coverings, greaves; tibialia, ossium velamen, ocreæ, Cot. 174

ban-segn

(n.)
Grammar
ban-segn, es; m.

A banneran ensignvexillum

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A banner, an ensign; vexillum, Cot. 23

bán-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
bán-wærc, es; n.

Grief, pain, or ache in the bonesossium dolor

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Grief, pain, or ache in the bones; ossium dolor

Linked entry: wærc

bar

(n.)
Grammar
bar, es; m.

A bearursns

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A bear; ursns

BÁR

(n.)
Grammar
BÁR, es; m.

A BOARaper

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A BOAR; aper Cyng Willelm forbeád sleán ða heortas swylce eác ða báras king William forbade men to kill the stags, and also the boars, Chr. 1087; Ing. 296, 12. Ic gefeó heortas, and báras, and rann, and rægan, and hwílon haran capio cervos, et apros,

bare

(adj.)
Grammar
bare, acc. pl. of bær, adj.

barenaked

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bare, naked,Cd. 37; Th. 48, 30; Gen. 783;

bár-spreót

(n.)
Grammar
bár-spreót, es; m.

A boar spearvenabulum

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A boar spear; venabulum

bat

(n.)
Grammar
bat, e; f.

contentionstrifecontentioa batclubstaffstickfustis

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contention, strife; contentio, R. Ben. 21. a bat, club, staff, stick; fustis, Som

BÁT

(n.)
Grammar
BÁT, e; f: es; m. A

BOATshipvessellinterscaphanavicula

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BOAT, ship, vessel; linter, scapha, navicula Ðeós bát glídeþ on geofene this boat glideth over ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 992; An. 496. He bát gestág he ascended a boat, Exon. 52a; Th. 181, 33; Gú. 1302

Linked entry: bát-swán

beád

(v.; part.)
Grammar
beád, p. of beódan.

commanded

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commanded,Cd. 111; Th. 147, 1; Gen. 2432;

Beda

(n.)
Grammar
Beda, an; m.

Venerable Bede

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Venerable Bede, born at Monkton by Jarrow, near the mouth of the Tyne, in A. D. 674. He wrote his Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum about A. D. 731, and died May 26, at the age of 61, in 735. - He gives the following account of himself, according

Beda-ford

(n.)

Bedford

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Bedford, Chr. 915 ; Th. 191, 26, col. 1